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Forum_mail Posted 20 years ago
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in a hospital ? in hospital ? in the... ?

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00b) He was at university VS at a university VS at the university ?02br
00c) He was in prison VS in a prison VS in the prison ?02br
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00What are the differences between the presented examples and which of them are completely wrong ?02br
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00ps. and one more thing... Why is it so that in a sentence : "Did you read about it in a magazine or in the newspaper" there's IN THE newspaper ? couldn't it be "in a newspaper" ?02br
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00Thx,02br
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00Best wishes,0-
  

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1font00a) He was in hospital VS in a hospital VS in the hospital ?02font02br
00If "He" is a patient. "He was in the hospital" in AmE and "He was in hospital" in BrE. 02br
01font00b) He was at university VS at a university VS at the university ?02font02br
00If "He" was a student or profes
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0 thanks a lot =D02br
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00and what about... the example with "garden" ?02br
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00take care,0-
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01cite10Forum_mail12cite10and what about... the example with "garden" ?12blockquote
10Hello Forum_mail02br
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00I'm not so sure about what you are asking exactly by writing "what about … the example of garden". But I guess you might be asking whether "garden" takes THE or A when it is construed w
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0 Paco, I'm sorry. I thought that my first post included a question about "garden" while in fact it didn't. What I wanted to aks was : 02br
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001) why do we have to put "the" in "I was in the shower" and "I was in the garden", can't we just say "in a garden" ?02br
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00One more questions :02br
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002) Can we say "I must buy a li
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0 Hello F-M 02br
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00Usage of English articles is really messy to us English learners. And what is annoying us is that we cannot find any good grammar book that explains in detail in which case we should use THE/A and in which case we shouldn't. I have a feel from my past experiences that even native speakers themselves cannot give a reasonable explanation on all the usage
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0 How consistent and systematic the usages of English articles are!02br
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00(1) go to bed/lie in bed (2) sleep in one's bed (3) sit at one's desk (4) sit at one's computer.02br
00(5) sit in a chair (6) watch TV (7) look at one's watch. (8) look at the clock (9) listen to the radio (10) listen to records (11) talk on one's cell phone (12) go in one's car. (13) g
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0 Thanks a lot Paco =) 02br
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00Can I use all three options in the following examples ? What are the differences between them and which ones are wrong ?02br
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00she is in hospital02br
00 she is in a hospital02br
00 she is in the hospital02br
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00she is at university02br
00 she is at a univ
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0 "She is in the hospital" (AmE) or "She is in hospital" (BrE) commonly means "She is hospitalized as a patient". "She is in a hospital" is not incorrect but it is not idiomatic. "She is in university/college" means "She is a university/college student". "She is in a/the university/college" is not idiomatic. "She studies at university/college" is quite idiomatic, but "She is at university/colleg
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